Nearly half of Republicans don't know what 'GOP' stands for: poll

A new poll shows nearly half of Republicans don't know what 'GOP' stands for. The poll also found Republicans value character most in candidates, while Democrats and independents value intelligence. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty)

Half the members of the Grand Old Party don't know what GOP stands for, a new poll found.

Of course, even more than half of Democrats don't know either - but it's not their party.

"Unfortunately for Barack Obama, the three most important letters won't be G-O-P, it will be J-O-B - as the loss of more than 2 million jobs since he came into office could likely cause him to lose his," she said.

The phone poll of 1,165 adults also found that Republicans are more likely to value character most in their presidents, while Democrats and Independents tend to choose intelligence first.

In other results from the quirky monthly poll:

*Google's secrets are seen as more valuable than Coca Cola's: far more people - 44% - wish they owned the rights to Google's search algorithm than Coke's secret formula (18%). Reality check: Google had revenues of $29 billion last year. Coke brought in $35 billion.

*Two-thirds of Americans answered "no" when asked if they liked the thought of killing their own food, but 27% - including one of five women and one of three men - said the idea appealed to them.

*Men were much more likely than women - 51% to 35% - to say they never read their horoscope. Nine percent of women and 4% of men say they read it every day.

*Partisan differences emerged on foreign policy as 52% of Democrats call China an ally, but most Republicans - 55% - call it an enemy. Forty nine percent of Republicans also call Russia an enemy, but only 27% of Democrats do.